All posts tagged ‘bunny animation’

Not underwear printed with rabbits, but animated shorts. The tubes are hopping with entertaining indie videos along rabbit-y themes.

For the clever and unexpected, watch Carrot Crazy created by Logan Scelina and Dylan Vanwormer. It begins with opponents intent on luring a rabbit into their clutches, applying increasingly implausible methods. This sharply executed animation plays on classic cartoon world one-up-manship, that is, until the surprise ending. Maybe it’s actually an homage to Bambi Meets Godzilla.

Bunny Situation by Theme Planet is a beautifully made film. A feisty rabbit escapes the clutches of the Smart-o-Matic which crushes hapless creatures into mindless workers. But the machine’s operator doesn’t give up the chase easily. Can liberation be achieved in four minutes?

RabbitKadabra is the tale of a girl who is given a mechanical bunny that possesses magical powers. She doesn’t find the toy all that amusing, preferring a toy unicorn, until the unicorn becomes menacing. Sure, some of us would prefer that girl-power saves the day. But in this pink-ish short,created by Dave Chen, Naomi Chen, Michelle Czajkowski, and Krzysztof Fus, bunny power triumphs.

Bunny by Blue Sky is an animation classic that won the 1998 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. An elderly bunny is pestered by a moth while baking in her kitchen. Her efforts to remove it lead to a metamorphosis that speaks to larger questions about life and death. You may not look at moths quite the same way again.

As for actual bunny shorts. Okay, it is spring. Here’s a celebratory pair.